Blackbird

We're looking for a talented Data Analyst to join our growing team! 👀 💥 It's an exciting time to work in Data: tools are constantly evolving, and what is possible today was unimaginable yesterday. In this role, you'll work closely with our data champions Nora Traughber, Nick Erzetic and Ha Tran to expand our data infrastructure and explore new VC tooling, keep our data clean and turn it into insight. If this is excites you, and you want hands-on experience with some of the best startup data in ANZ, this role is for you. 💜 More info + apply:

Progress feels stuck. 🚧 Expensive energy, broken systems, and outdated ways of thinking are holding us back. But what if the solution is simpler than we think? Sam Bowman [Head of Publishing at Stripe] is ready to challenge the status quo and lay out a bold vision for fixing the foundations of innovation. If you care about the future - of cities, science, and everything in between - you won’t want to miss this. 🎤 Catch Sam at Sunrise 2025 in The Elements of Progress: How housing, energy, science and infrastructure shape entrepreneurship and prosperity. This session is bought to you by our friends at Stripe! Tickets on sale now → https://lnkd.in/gQKjFx7Y 📍 Sunrise Australia 2025 | 30 April - 1 May | Carriageworks #Sunrise25

Would you look at that lineup so far?! 🔥 And we’re only just getting started. Next week, we’re dropping a HUUUUGE third lineup announcement – and trust us, you’re not ready for this one. It’s massive. It’s game-changing. It’s the kind of thing that makes you double-check your calendar to make sure you’re locked in. 👀 Keep your eyes peeled. Big things are coming. 🎟️Get your Sunrise ticket before they're gone: https://lnkd.in/gQKjFx7Y  #Sunrise25

Creating a product or brand is hard. Creating one in a category wrapped in cultural taboos? Even harder. In a special live episode of #WildHearts REPLAYED from the Sunrise Festival last year, NORMAL founder Lucy Wark joined Mason Yates on stage to share her journey of building a brand that empowers people to explore their sexuality—without shame, stress, or stigma. NORMAL has transformed the traditional sex shop into a fun, informative, and accessible online experience, proving that a brand is more than just a logo and colours—it’s about fostering real conversations and meeting people where they are. Some highlights from Lucy: 💡 “More than 1 in 5 internet searches is about sex. There’s an incredibly large organic interest in this topic.” 🧠 “You’re not just selling a product; you’re helping people navigate deep psychological stigma.” 💛 “A brand isn’t just a visual identity—it’s about building something that truly means something to people.” ⚡ “As a founder, investing in your mental health has one of the highest returns on investment.” Tune into the full episode now to hear more about the challenges of designing a hardware product, the importance of sex education, and why founders need to invest in themselves. #NORMAL #WildHearts #BrandBuilding #SexEducation #MentalHealth #StartupLessons

"We’re trying to bootstrap a new entrepreneurial culture within these research communities, founded in the belief that they can do something special.” Saron Berhane and Michael Tolo lifted the lid to share more about our Foundry program with Capital Brief today. ✨ If you’re an early-career researcher, PhD student or passionate person with a burning idea in frontier tech, Foundry is a chance to transform your research and ideas into wickedly clever solutions. Our next eight-week cohort is open for applications now, and we're doubling our cohort size this time to pair many more PhD students and researchers with leaders from our portfolio. Link to apply in the comments 👀 👉 Thanks to Daniel Van Boom for the story 🧪 Read more: https://lnkd.in/eAuWdX7r

🌅 7 WEEKS TO GO! Sunrise isn’t a business conference. It’s not exactly a tech event, either. It’s a cultural celebration where people come together to dream up the future. At Sunrise, we promise: ✨ You’ll be inspired. By stories of triumph & failure. By people who’ve dared to do things differently. 🤝 You’ll meet new people. Maybe a future collaborator. Maybe just someone who gets it. 💡 You’ll learn new things. Fresh tools, frameworks and minsets to level up your journey. See you there?   🎟️ Tix on sale here: https://lnkd.in/gQKjFx7Y A HUGE thanks to our friends who make it all possible: HSBC Commercial Banking Stripe Airwallex  Carta Fullstack Advisory Intercom LegalVision Radium Capital Remote Vanta 📍 Sunrise Australia 2025 | 30 April - 1 May | Carriageworks #Sunrise25

"Previously when it came to work, if I needed to solve something, I could just spend all weekend doing it. But now I just physically don’t have the hours anymore, so it just it looks different, and I’ve had to do a lot of adjusting over the past year and a half… it’s needing to come up with a whole new way of living your daily life that’s based around how you optimize for your energy and time.” In the latest story from our High Agency Women content partnership with Missing Perspectives, Sunroom co-founder Michelle Battersby, Sense Of Self (S.O.S) founder Freya Berwick and MoreGoodDays founder Neala Fulia share how they combine motherhood with running a startup. Read more, as written by Hannah Cohen👇

⌛ APPLICATIONS CLOSING SOON 🏃♂️ Are you or do you know an ambitious, talented PhD candidate, postdoc or researcher who has an idea and is interested in building a world-changing startup? Foundry is our launchpad for Aussie and Kiwi researchers with a science-led startup idea, linking teams with frontier-tech founders in their field to develop their idea over 8 weeks and $1k funding. With our next Foundry cohort kicking off soon, applications close Wed 12 March ⏲️ More info + sign up at blackbird.vc/foundry, or DM Foundry Lead Saron Berhane for questions or to refer someone 🪄

🧐 Ever wonder how brands get their names? For CLUTCH Glue, it started as a list on Annabel Hay phone—Side Stick, Underdog, Underpup, Deputy… and the list went on. But Clutch? It just stuck. And when her friends started using it as a verb—“I’m clutched in right now!”— she knew it was the one. 💡 Listen to the full story via the links below 🚀 📣 Listen on Apple: https://lnkd.in/gn2HNu7U 📣 Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/g7zur8wy #ClutchMoments #WhatsInAName #Podcast #WildHearts Mason Yates

When CLUTCH Glue went viral, people weren’t just excited—they needed it now. No one wanted to wait for shipping. That’s when Annabel Hay knew retail was the next move. So, she started guessing email addresses. 300 guesses later, a Priceline buyer replied: “I’ve seen this everywhere. Send me samples!” A few emails later, they had their first big order—8,000 units. 🚀 That was the moment. Retail + e-comm = game changer. And they were only getting started. #RetailGame #Clutch #Podcast #WildHearts Mason Yates